1987 Hungarian Grand Prix

1987 Hungarian Grand Prix
1987 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 9 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	9 August 1987
Location	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.014 km (2.495 miles)
Distance	76 laps, 305.064 km (189.620 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Nigel Mansell;
Time	1:28.047
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Piquet
Time	1:30.149 on lap 65 (lap record)
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet;
Second	Ayrton Senna;
Third	Alain Prost;
	Lap leaders ;

The 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hungaroring on 9 August 1987. It was the ninth race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. The race was held over 76 laps of the 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) circuit for a race distance of 305 kilometres (190 mi).

The race was won by Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet, driving a Williams-Honda. His teammate, Briton Nigel Mansell, took pole position and led until he lost a wheel nut with six laps remaining. Piquet's compatriot Ayrton Senna finished second in a Lotus-Honda, with Frenchman Alain Prost third in a McLaren-TAG.

The win, Piquet's second in succession, extended his lead over Senna in the Drivers' Championship to seven points, with Mansell and Prost a further eleven points back.

Race summary

Before the race, Ayrton Senna informed Lotus that he would be leaving the team at the end of the year. Almost immediately, Lotus signed Senna's fellow Brazilian and Drivers' Championship leader, Nelson Piquet, who explained that he felt that Williams had not honoured his number one driver status in the team.

Piquet went on to take his second consecutive win in his Williams-Honda, after team-mate Nigel Mansell lost a wheel nut with six laps remaining. Senna finished second in his Lotus-Honda but 37 seconds behind Piquet, while Alain Prost took third in his McLaren-TAG.

Thierry Boutsen finished fourth in his Benetton-Ford, ahead of the Brabham-BMW of Riccardo Patrese. The final championship point was claimed by Derek Warwick in his Arrows-Megatron, who was battling with influenza and conjunctivitis. Jonathan Palmer claimed the Jim Clark Trophy points finishing seventh in his Tyrrell DG016 with teammate Philippe Streiff finishing ninth behind the second Arrows of Eddie Cheever. Italian driver Ivan Capelli was tenth in the March 871.

The win allowed Piquet to expand his championship points lead to seven over Senna and 18 over Mansell.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:28.047	1:28.682
2	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:31.080	1:28.549	+0.502
3	6	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1:30.842	1:29.724	+1.677
4	1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:30.156	1:30.327	+2.109
5	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:30.472	1:30.310	+2.263
6	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	1:31.387	1:30.387	+2.340
7	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1:30.748	1:30.810	+2.701
8	2	Stefan Johansson	McLaren-TAG	1:31.228	1:31.940	+3.181
9	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1:31.416	1:34.386	+3.369
10	7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:31.586	1:32.422	+3.539
11	18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1:32.336	1:33.700	+4.289
12	19	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1:32.452	1:32.639	+4.405
13	8	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1:32.628	1:43.913	+4.581
14	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	1:33.644	1:34.383	+5.597
15	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Ford	1:33.777	1:34.014	+5.730
16	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1:34.398	1:33.895	+5.848
17	11	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	1:34.297	1:34.476	+6.250
18	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	1:34.950	1:34.426	+6.379
19	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1:35.346	1:34.518	+6.471
20	24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:34.796	1:34.770	+6.723
21	21	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:36.693	1:35.594	+7.547
22	9	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1:35.754	1:35.818	+7.707
23	10	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1:35.930	1:36.371	+7.883
24	23	Adrián Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:36.067	1:37.948	+8.020
25	26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1:36.411	1:36.109	+8.062
26	14	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	1:38.803	1:37.730	+9.683
Source:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Race

Numbers in brackets refer to positions of normally aspirated entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy.

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	76	1:59:26.793	3	9
2	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	76	+ 37.727	6	6
3	1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	76	+ 1:27.456	4	4
4	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	75	+ 1 lap	7	3
5	7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	75	+ 1 lap	10	2
6	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	74	+ 2 laps	9	1
7 (1)	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	74	+ 2 laps	16
8	18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	74	+ 2 laps	11
9 (2)	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	74	+ 2 laps	14
10 (3)	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	74	+ 2 laps	18
11	24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	73	+ 3 laps	20
12	26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	73	+ 3 laps	25
13 (4)	14	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	71	+ 5 laps	26
14	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	70	Wheel	1
Ret	21	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	64	Fuel system	21
Ret	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	57	Electrical	19
Ret	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Ford	48	Accident	15
Ret	9	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	45	Turbo	22
Ret	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	43	Engine	5
Ret	8	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	43	Gearbox	13
Ret	2	Stefan Johansson	McLaren-TAG	14	Gearbox	8
Ret	19	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	14	Gearbox	12
Ret	23	Adrián Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	14	Spun off	24
Ret	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	13	Differential	2
Ret	10	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	3	Engine	23
Ret	11	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	1	Driveshaft^[4]	17
Source:^[5]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nelson Piquet	48
2	Ayrton Senna	41
3	Nigel Mansell	30
4	Alain Prost	30
5	Stefan Johansson	19
Source:^[6]

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Honda	78
2	McLaren-TAG	49
3	Lotus-Honda	47
4	Ferrari	17
5	Tyrrell-Ford	8
Source:^[6]

Jim Clark Trophy standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jonathan Palmer	57
2	Philippe Streiff	45
3	Pascal Fabre	35
4	Philippe Alliot	19
5	Ivan Capelli	10

Colin Chapman Trophy standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Tyrrell-Ford	102
2	AGS-Ford	35
3	Lola-Ford	19
4	March-Ford	10

Note: Only the top five positions are included for all four sets of standings.

References

^ "Hungarian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1". formula1.com. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ "Hungarian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2". formula1.com. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ "Hungarian Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING". formula1.com. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ Pritchard, Anthony (March 2006). Lotus: The Competition Cars. Haynes Publishing. p. 246. ISBN 1-84425-006-7.
^ "1987 Hungarian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Hungary 1987 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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[qual1-1] "Hungarian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1". formula1.com. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[qual2-2] "Hungarian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2". formula1.com. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[qual0-3] "Hungarian Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING". formula1.com. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[Lotusp246-4] Pritchard, Anthony (March 2006). Lotus: The Competition Cars. Haynes Publishing. p. 246. ISBN 1-84425-006-7.

[5] "1987 Hungarian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[Championship_standings-6] "Hungary 1987 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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